Title | Thin section of biotite granite |
Description | This is a thin section view of biotite granite (in plain polarized light). The dark and yellow-tan minerals are biotite. The off-white (colorless) lighter areas are plagioclase. The light pink area to the right of the large biotite in the lower left of the photo is muscovite. |
Chronostratigraphy | Devonian |
Lithostratigraphy | Woodbury Granite |
Location | USA ▹ Vermont ▹ Washington. Near Barre. |
Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-29. |
Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #1. |
Key words | biotite, granite, thin section |
Tech details | 839 KB. Thin section. Nikon FDX-35. |
GeoDIL number | 956 |
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